San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-13
Destructive Prairie Fires.

LINCOLN, Neb., April l3.-AlOng the
branch line of the Burlington and Mis-
souri, railroad large number OF settlers
have lost their all by the prairie fires.
Railroad men say that for miles every
foot OF ground Is burned over.
In Sheridan and Grove counties fires
have ragged almost rs fiercely, and
In one settlement four lives were lOst.
Fugilives say that for thirty miles In
the fire tract not one house In three re-
main unecathed. Across the line In
Nebraska the Beaver bottom has been
on fire two days. A large force Of rail-
road graders on the line being built In
Furnass county were surrounded In
camp by fire and escape was made only
by the greatest effort. The men left
everything behind at the mercy OF the
flames. One old man was 80 seriously
burned that he cannot recover. lt lie es-
timated that at least dozen lives have
been lost 10 the two days fire.
Good rains reported from Preside,
Howard. Uyalde. Mitchell, Mavericks,
Midland, Hardeman and Mcclellan coun-
ties.
u. 8. Customs find trouble in breaking
up smuggling between Atlantic ports AID
West India Islands.
ENJOYS reach Cairo IRON Khartourn
with special dispatches from El Mahdi's
successor TO Queen Victoria and the
Turkish Sultan.
Pa!dee's order fC- the sP!e OF Texas
Central is conditional upon non pay ment
OF 81, eco COO TO New York trust loan COM
pany within 80 days.
Big fire in st. Augustine lies. roys the
st. Augustine hotel, the old slave mark
ct, county court house aud Vidders
musJem.
Quebec hoodlums attack the Salvation
srmy with ice balls and compel them 10
leave the streets. One woman was seri-
ou,ly hurt with pound Ice chunk.
Flo.ida Legislature has before 1t anti
tresting bill, under which Il becomes u
crime to ask q friend to take a drink o;
anything intoxicating.
Mrs. Henry, the Dallas woman re-
Gently shot, eliminates her husband in
her snte-mor;em statement, and he Is
arrested for murder.
A railroad strike averted on the ILL
nOis O. ntrsl by the company restoring
the number Of switchmen which had
been recently reduced.
The reward for jacobs apprehension
has been increased to $3.50 by the Milan
county sheriff.
Cincinnati subs passed law that all
printers with cases shOJld only work
five days in week.
Eight hundred carpenters at Chicago
resume work at 80 cents sn hour, eight
hOars time.
Boston builders and workmen sgree
upon nine hours n day and eight hours
Saturday. Payment BY the bodr.
Senator Beck places the next p-esi-
dental saddles on Allison, of Iowa, aud
Grover.
The report that the government lie
Preparing local self government bill
for Ireland is author .tatlyely denied.
Woods'de, the 'cyclist, wto he's won
so many matches in America, has just
won handicap race in Dublin. Ireland.
The Memphis ho;el clerk who stole
Fanny Davenports diamonds has been
put upon his trial.
New post.office established at Shaw,
Bowie county, Texas.
indianapolis worImen and bosses can
not agree, and strike is three:eued.
Ex-Auditor of Galveston, LIES: fsnge,
arrested for official swinding.
Grants uncle dies at 6antam, Clere-
mont, Ohio, aged 81.
Trenton, N. j., elects her first repub.
bean mayor since 1862.
DeGiers will not remain IN the foreign
Office unless Katsod is suppressed.